Morris tribune., 1887-01-05
sol DiERS' RELIEF.

At the annual meeting ef Mlchael
Cook Post, No. 123. G. "A. r., Farl-
bault, Mimi, held Tuesday Evening
December ii, the following rosoln-
tions were unanimously adopted.
WHEREAS, We believe the peepie
of the State of Minnesota are In fayor
of extending much needed aid TO IN
digent, infirm and disabled soldiers,
survivors of the late war, and to their
families and to the widows and or
phans of deceased soldiers and as
both political parties in their plat
forms promised in case of their sue
cess in the late election to favor the
giving of necessary aid for this pur-
pose, and.
WHEREAS, q movement is being
made in the name of the veteran
soldiers of this State to urge the
present legislature to appropriate Il
large sum of money for the purpose
of building an expensive Soldiers
Home and for the purchase OF grounds
and the laying out and beautitylng
large and elegant parks in connection
Herewith,
THEREFORE,, We the members OF
Michael Cook Post No. 123 q. A. IL.
Department of Minnesota, believing
that an appropriation for this purpose
at present ut least would be ulVerllhS
funds urgently needed for immediate
relief to a purpose of doubtful eA-
pediency, unanimously.
RESOLVE, 1st, That the most ue-
sirable, practical and effective method
Of extend ng relief to our disabled
and needy comrades is by an appro-
priatIon by the legislature directly
for that purpose TO be disburseu 10
them bV the local authorities at their
homes, that this is the only form OF
relief which can reach their families
and the widows and orphans OF
deceased comrades and that the ex-
pense of administration and disblrse-
ment would be merely nominal. Ihat
needy veterans and their families aud
the widows and orphans of deceased
soldiers are not ideal persons whom
the building OF magnificent palaces
and the laying out and beautl!ylng OF
elegant parks for the admiration of
future generations would particularly
benefit-but are real persons and
citizens as we'll as soldiers and are
bound to the respective localities III
which they reside by the same ties OF
family connection, church Affiliations
and local friendships which influence
other persons in the selection OF a
home and would generally prefer to
endure the extreme of poverty and
want rather than to exchange a home
however humble for the elegant
prison which is proposed for them.
I'd. The needs of the veteran are I'M
mediate and pressing and the prompt
appropriation by the Legislature an
nually of an amount less than the
interest on the outlay proposed for
the Soldiers Home (all use for which
will be over in decade or two) would
make all the INDECENT veterans COM
Portable in these few years, which ut
most will intervene, before he is
called from the cares and trials Ofthis
life to Join in that Soldiers Home
ABOVE the vast majority Of his com
rades who have gone before.
Sd. That the establishment of q
Soldiers Home would only provide for
the wants of an insignificant number
who'are without friends or family ties
which class are already provided for
by the National Soldiers Home, at
Milwaukee, which is now open to ali
disabled soldiers without regard to
cause of disability.
4th. That we are heartily Ill favor
of the passage of a bill appropriating
q reasonable amount sufficient for the
burial expenses of INDECENT soldiers
This burden which Is increasingly
heavy has heretofore been borne
largely by G. A. r. Posts, and it is
not just that those who stoo! the
brunt of the shock in the time Of the
nations peril should be obliged to
pay from their scanty means the eX-
penses of the last hOnOrs to their dead
comrades or zee them fill paupers
graves; so while we willingly bear
the burden rather than accept the
alternative, we would gladly hail the
recognition by the State of its duty
to our dead comrades.
RESOLVED, That these. resolutions
be printed in circular form and Il copy
addressed to eac4l Post in the Depart
ment and to each member-eleCt OF
the Legislature.
J. j. Dow, Commander,
JAMES HUNTER, Adjutant.